Biography henrietta szold

American Zionist leader, political activist and editor

Henrietta Szold (ZOHLD, Hungarian:[ˈsold]; December 21, 1860 – February 13, 1945) was an American-born JewishZionist leader and founder of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America.

In 1942, she co-founded Ihud, a political party in Mandatory Palestine dedicated to a binational solution.

Biography

Henrietta Szold was born in Baltimore, Maryland, December 21, 1860.

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She was the daughter of Rabbi Benjamin Szold of Hungarian birth, who was the spiritual leader of Baltimore's Temple Oheb Shalom.^[1] She was the eldest of eight daughters, and her younger sister Adele Szold-Seltzer was the translator of the first American edition of Maya the Bee.^[2]

In 1877, Henrietta Szold graduated from Western High School.

For fifteen years she taught at Miss Adam's School and Oheb Shalom religious school, and gave Bible and history courses for adults. Highly educated in